Ticket-holder.



C. N. BARTON.

TlCKE HOLDER. l

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ. I9I6.

1,302,624. Patente@ May 6, 1919.

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CHARLES N. BART0N,SOF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

` TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patr-mt.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application led August 7, 1916. `Serial No. 113,590.

To all whom t mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. BARTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Ticket-Holder, of which the following isa specication, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and tothe letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to aI container for card-board tickets and moreparti-cularly for tickets that are 'commonly used in the payment offares on street cars, the invention having reference more particularlyto a ticket-holder that is: suitable tobe carried in the pocket of apassenger or Ain a handbag. v

An object of the invention is to provide a ticket-holder of theabove-mentioned char'- acter that shall be so constructed as to besimple and reliable and be adapted to be held and operated in one hand,so as to enable passengers when carrying articles in one hand to readilyproduce a ticket for passage by means of the other hand. Another objectis to provide a ticket-holder that shall be so constructed as toaccommodate a large number of tickets and eject the tickets withoutfailure fro-m either a large or a small pack thereof. A further objectis to provide a ticket-holder that shall be adapted to be adjustedwithout requiring a tool or instrument for the purpose.

With the aboveanentioned and other objects in View,` the inventionconsists in a ticket-holder having certain novel features ofconstruction and an improved ejector; the invention consisting furtherin the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafterparticularly described and further defined in the accompanying claim.

Referring to the drawings,-Figure l is a' perspective view of theimproved ticket- -holder with` a ticket projecting therefrom.

Fig. 2is a rear end view of the ticket-holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional View of the ticket-holder approximately central thereof. Fig.4 is a transverse section approximately on the line'IV-i-IV of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the improved ejector, and Fig. 6 is atop plan of the holder case with its door partially open.

Similar reference characters on the different gures of the drawingsindicate like parts or features of construction herein referred to.

A practical embodiment of the invention comprises a `box-like case whichis most cheaply made of sheet metal suitably bent to form corners, thecase comprising a bottom l, sides 2 and 3, a top composed of twoportions 4 and 5 formed of the end portions lof the sheet andsuitably'joined together, as

by electric welding or soldering, and also a front end 6 formedintegrally with one end of the bottom 1 secured between and to the sides2 and 3, the end being slightly less in height than the sides so as toprovide a slot i adjacent to the top of the case from which to deliverthe tickets one at a time. opposite end of the bottom 1 has hinge memjbers S and 9`thereon that are provided with 14: which has a hinge member15 that is connected to the hinge pin 10, the door being fitted betweenthe sides 2 and 3 and also between the bottom and the top of the case.The middle of the top ofthe door is provided with a projection lthatnormally extends into the recess 11 and it has an elastic clasp 17thereon that extends flatwise upon the top of the case. Theclasp has anupwardly-bulged portion 18 to receive the pro-- j ection 12 to holdthedoor in closed position, and the clasp has an upwardly-extending endportion 19 to be engaged by a finger of the operator to release theclasp lin order to open the door. A guide plate 20 is arranged upon thetop of the case andcovers the slot 13. The guide plate is provided witha knob 21 having a base collar 22 that is seated upon the guide plateand preferably secured thereto," the knob having a squared shank 23 thatextends through the guide plate and also through the slot 13, the shankbeing arranged to slide in the slot longitudinally of the case andprevent rotation of the guide plate.r The shank has an extension 2li towhich an ejector plate 25 is secured so as to operate against the underside of the top of the case, the ejector plate having an aperture 26 toreceive the shank extension. The

The.

ejector plate has tw'o elastic lingers 27 and 28 on the ends of whichare pointed teeth 29 and 30 respectively to engage a ticket when theejector plate is mevedtowardtneslow, the teeth extending slightlydownwardand-A toward the end 6 of the case, so that they slide upon theticket when moved in the reverse direction.-

A collapsible helical spring is employed` theendportion y33 `of thelarger coil beingy arranged in proximity to the front end 6 of the case.A'follower plate 34 is permanently securedto the larger coil of thespring, .the platebeing butl slightly smaller than the bottom or top ofthe case, and its rear'end portionhasia downwardly extendingl curvedguide 35 which serves to guide the tickets upon the'follo'werplate wheninsertingythe tickets into the case andalso constitutes a finger.V holdfor withdrawing the follower plate when desired from the case. Thelarger coil of the spring Ahas a bearing with the middlefportionof thefollower plate, and the end portion 33 bears against the forward portionof'the follower platead=jacent to the front 6 so as to exertforce toalways push up the forward end of theffollower plate with slightlygreaterforce than that exerted under vthe middle portion 'of the plate.-A package of tickets 36, 36 is supported upon the follower plate and theuppermost one 'of the tickets is always pressed upward against theejector while the forward end of the ticket is pressed against the topof the case adjacent to theslot 7 In practical use the passenger holdsythe case in one hand and with the thumb of thehand pushesthe knob 21forward with the result that the teeth of theejectorengage the uppermostticket and push it partially out ofthe slot 7. The knob may be quicklyvretracted if desired and again pushed forward with the result that theticket is further projected and if then presented to t-he ticket takerlthe latter may readily withdraw the ticket from the case; orv thepassenger may repeatedly operate the knob until the ticket is-completelyejected from the case. After the uppermost ticket has been deliveredthepackage of tickets is automatically elevated to 'permit the delivery ofthe` nextsucceedingticket. In some cases the case may be filled with :alarge 'number of tickets which in the course of time may over-tax thespring and slightly impair its usefulness which however may readily berestoredxin a well known manner, the followerplate 34 and the springbeing withdrawn from the case after opening the door 14, after which thespring may be drawn apartl t0 increase its effective length, afterwhich`vthe parts are again inserted into proper position in the case.The adjustment may be desirable when comparatively few tickets are to'be subsequently placed -in the holder in order that they maybe pushedupward with sufficient force to bring the tickets successively againstthe ejector to insure proper action of the latter.

Having thus'described the invention, what is claimed as newis- In aticket-holder of the character described, the combination with a casebottom and sides and a front end and also a top extending above thefront end at a distance therefrom, the bottom and the top beingleach'equal in length with each of the sides,

the middle portion of said top having a c relatively short guide slottherein, of a knob shank movable in said slot and having an extension onits inner end that is diametrically smaller than the body of the shank,an ejector plate secured on said extension and having two long elasticfingers thereon that are supported at all times relatively nearer tosaid front end than to the opposite end of said top, each linger having`a tooth thereon'extending downwardly toward said front end, a guideplate on said top thatis appreciably longer than said slot andConstantly covering the slot, the guide plate receiving a portion ofsaid shank, a knob rigid on said shank and having a portion bearing uponsaid guide plate, a coil spring on said bottom adjacent to said frontend, and a follower plate between said sides that is relatively shorterin length than said top and extending at one end to said front end ofthe case, the portion of said follower plate adjacent to said front endbeing secured to the top of said spring, the opposite4 end of saidfollower plate extending downwardly toward said bottom.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES N. BARTON. Witnesses:

E. T. SniviUs, J. H. GARDNER.

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